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Among the many reasons for taxi-app Uber's clash with regulator, Transport for London (TfL), is its use of “Greyball” a form of software devised, the company claims, to deny ride requests from “opponents who collude with officials on secret 'stings' meant to entrap drivers."

Uber is a business that has been regarded by many as attempting to, if not outgrow, at least outsmart much of the existing regulation that cities’ transport networks are built upon. Like water looking for the swiftest route to flow the tech firm has sought find the quickest route to growth, assuming all else will follow: now, with TfL’s removal of its licence the regulator is just another dam to burst.